Famous Shipwreck Treasure Finds

There is probably more gold and silver bullion to be found
at sea than on land. For example, for many hundreds of years the Spanish
plate fleets carried tons of gold and silver from places like
Potosi and Cartagena in the new world back to Spain. Many of these vessels
were lost.

As most ship wrecks happen in relatively shallow water,
ship wreck salvage has been happening for centuries, long
before the development of the aqualung and modern scuba
equipment.

Thousands of ship wrecks carrying an unimaginable amount of
wealth undoubtedly lay on the sea bed, just waiting to be
discovered.